A varied selection of short films from our national competition. The screening emphasises nature and its significance to human existence.
Language: Fin, Eng Duration: 93 min Age Limit: 12+
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Sat 9.3.
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Cine Atlas 2
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Also available online: ONLINE SCREENINGS
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Magnifica: Passive Intruder
Magnifica: Kutsumaton vierasDirector: Ville KoskinenCountry: FinlandYear: 2023Genre: DocumentaryDuration: 21 minDocumentary film about the coexistence of Finnish cottage-goers and an uninvited visitor called Pectinatella magnifica – it’s something and there’s a lot of it. The arrival of green and slimy blobs among the safe and familiar environment brings uncomfortable feelings in the self-indulgent middle class community.
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Flower Show
Director: Elli VuorinenCountry: FinlandYear: 2024Genre: AnimationDuration: 9 minAge Limit:
Girls have been cultivated like flowers for generations. We need more growing seasons to breed new ways into the system.
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Muohtačalmmit
Director: Hans Pieski, Arttu NieminenCountry: FinlandYear: 2023Genre: Experimental, DocumentaryDuration: 10 minMuohtačalmmit is an experimental film about the flow of water as a metaphor of Sámi people in compression of modern times. The film also deals with the meaning of water as a sacred element, pathway and daily source of sustenance for Sámi people. The film paints a dystopia of how Sápmi will breathe in the future in the middle of energy and mineral policy pressure. Poetic essence for narration comes from Pedar Jalvi, Finland's first Sámi writer and principal figure of Sámi literature, who describes connection with water in his poem “Muohtačalmmit” (1915).
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Impivaara
Impivaara - A New WorldDirector: Patrik SöderlundCountry: FinlandYear: 2023Genre: Experimental, FictionDuration: 26 minImpivaara – A New World adapts Finnish national author Aleksis Kivi's novel Seven Brothers (1870) for the 21st Century. The emphasis is on the climate crisis, the energetic basis of our culture and the co-dependencies of human and more-than-human worlds.
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Viestejä äidiltä
Messages from MomDirector: Josefina RautiainenCountry: FinlandYear: 2023Genre: FictionDuration: 15 minMessages from Mom is about a terminally ill mother who starts filming herself, hoping that her 5-year-old daughter will be able to connect with her through these moments after she is gone.
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Penan Erikoiskuljetus
Pena´s Special HaulingDirector: Anssi KasitonniCountry: FinlandYear: 2024Genre: FictionDuration: 12 minPena is a retired semi-truck driver with slight memory issues, yet he has no plans to fully give up his hauling business.
